(Syndicated, 1952 as "This Is The Life"; Syndicated, 1953 as "The Fisher Family"; Syndicated, 1961 as "This Is The Life: Patterns For Living"; NBC Sunday Mornings, 1983 as "This Is The Life") [The Roland Reed unit at Hal Roach Studios which had produced "My Little Margie" and other low-budget series was contracted by the Luthern Church - Missouri Synod (known as the LCMS) to produce a religious dramatic anthology series called "This Is The Life" for national syndication; Its title -- ending with the words "The Life" -- may have been a conscious (or unconscious) play on words with the popular radio biography seres "This Is Your Life" had just made its network television debut in 1952; Even Alexander Laszlo, who had composed music for "This Is Your Life" was hired in the early days to provide some cues used behind episodes of this series; The various topical subjects of the stories were daring for the times, and always involved the intervention of a Lutheran minister for guidance in resolving the situation at the end; Dramatic Anthology content had been produced within several TV series sponsored by various churches including portions of "Lamp Unto My Feet" (1948 - 1979) sponsored by the Catholic Church; and "This Is The Answer" (1956 - 1960) sponsored by the Southern Baptist church; One spinoff of this series was made in the 1950s called "The Fisher Family" consisting of reruns of early episodes; Years later, the Lutheran Church produced another series called "This Is The Life: Patterns For Living"; And in 1983, the concept was revived again for NBC-TV Sunday morning broadcasts]
Composer: Alberto Columbo (ASCAP) 1978 Publisher: [listed without publisher in the 1978 ASCAP Index of Performed Compositions] 2001 Publisher: [listed without publisher in the 2001 ASCAP ACE database] Copyright Date: Renewal Date: Recordings:
Composer: Joseph Nussbaum (ASCAP) 1978 Publisher: [listed without publisher in the 1978 ASCAP Index of Performed Compositions] 2001 Publisher: [listed without publisher in the 2001 ASCAP ACE database] Copyright Date: Renewal Date: Recordings:
Composers: Alberto Columbo (ASCAP) and Joseph Nussbaum (ASCAP) 1978 Publisher: [listed without publisher in the 1978 ASCAP Index of Performed Compositions] 2001 Publisher: [listed without publisher in the 2001 ASCAP ACE database] Copyright Date: Renewal Date: Recordings:
[music credit in the Internet Movie Database] Composer: Paul Dunlap (ASCAP) [professional name of William Paul Dunlap] 1978 Publisher: Amphion Music (ASCAP) 2001 Publisher: Amphion Music (ASCAP) of Palm Springs, CA Copyright Date: Renewal Date: Recordings:
Composers: Leonard Whitcup (ASCAP), Chester ("Chet") Gierlach (ASCAP) and Johnny Olsen (ASCAP) 1978 Publisher: [not found in the 1978 Index of performed compositions] 2001 Publisher: [not found in ASCAP or BMI databases] Copyright Date: Sep. 8, 1955; Eu 409 406. Renewal Date: Jan. 10, 1983; RE-162-574. Recordings:
Composer: Harry Forbes (ASCAP) 1978 Publisher: STK Music Co. (ASCAP) 2001 Publisher: [listed without publisher in the 2001 ASCAP ACE database] Copyright Date: Renewal Date: Recordings:
[above is title as filed for copyright; BMI title aka: "This Is The Life: Patterns For Living"] Composer: Charles ("Charlie") Albertine (BMI) 1978 Publisher: [not found in 1978 ASCAP Index of Performed Compositions] 2001 Publisher: Screen Gems-EMI Music, Inc. (BMI) c/o EMI Music Publishing, Inc. of New York, NY Copyright Date: Nov. 13, 1961; Eu 694 811. Renewal Date: Feb. 10, 1989; RE-426-721. Recordings:
[ASCAP title variations... aka: "This Is The Life Theme (Sig)(Op & Cl)"; aka: "This Is The Life (Main and End Title)"] Composers: Allen David ("Al") Allen (ASCAP) and Garry Schyman (ASCAP) [the publisher] 2001 Publisher: Markovian Music (ASCAP) [aka: Algorithms, Inc.] of Studio City, CA [filed under "Adaptations from the 27th season of 'This Is The life'" / arrangements by Al Allen based on two Christian hymn tunes]: Copyright Date: Aug. 21, 1978; PAu-40-662. [filed under "Original score from the 27th season of 'This Is The life'" / music by Al Allen]: Copyright Date: Aug. 21, 1978; PAu-40-663. Recordings:
Composer: William G. ("Bill") Loose (ASCAP/BMI) 1978 Publisher: [not found in the 1978 ASCAP Index of Performed Compositions] 2001 Publisher: [listed without publisher in the 2001 ASCAP ACE database] 2002 Publishers: [for current information regarding publishing rights for this THEME... contact ASCAP or BMI.] Copyright Date: Renewal Date: Recordings: